Nancy Margaret Correro
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1613 Belcourt Parkway, Roswell, GA 30076 678.427.9695
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD candidate at Georgia State University, will be conferred 2018
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, McNeese State University, 8/2009-5/2012
·Thesis: Furthest, Shocking Star Poetry collection, 73 pages
·Winner of Joy Scantlebury Poetry Award, Judged by Morri Creech
Master of Arts, English, McNeese State University, 8/2009-5/2012
· Sigma Tau Delta National English Honors Society
Bachelor of Arts, English/Creative Writing, Georgia State University, 8/2002-5/2005
·Magna Cum Laude
·Golden Key Honors Society
Associate of Arts, English, Georgia Perimeter College, 8/1998-5/2002
·Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor, Georgia Perimeter College, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016:
ENGL 1101 Rhetoricand Composition Course
This course focuses on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills. Some sections of this course are taught with computer assistance in classrooms equipped with personal computers. Keyboarding experience will be useful but is not required.
ENGL 1102 Literature based Rhetoric and Composition
This course develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, emphasizes interpretation and evaluation, and incorporates more advanced research methods. A research paper is required. Some sections of this course are taught with computer assistance in classrooms equipped with personal computers. Keyboarding experience will be useful but is not required.
ENGL 2121British Literature I
Students are introduced to British literature from its beginnings through the eighteenth century.
ENGL 2122 - British Literature II
Students are introduced to British literature from the Romantic Era through the twenty-first century.
Visiting Lecturer, McNeese State University, Summer 2012
ENG 102 half semester
·Incorporated science topic reader into course
·Course topic focused on essays written about science
·Prepared and delivered lectures on advanced essay structure, incorporating sources and
applying MLA and APA citation styles
·Experience with Blackboard, LiveText© electronic portfolio, and Moodle
Visiting Lecturer, McNeese State University, Summer 2011
090 PASS Bridge, Developmental English
·Taught grammar and composition
·Course comprised of grammar and composition of seven academic essays
·Intensive six week pass/fail course designed to help high school seniors gain
admittance to the university
Instructor of Record, McNeese State University (August 2009-May 2012)
ENG 443 – Undergraduate Creative Writing Workshop – Poetry, Spring 2012
·Assistant teaching in poetry workshop, form, and theory
ENG 102 – English Composition, Spring 2011- Spring 2012
·Independently taught two sections each semester
·Incorporated science topic reader into course
·Course topic focused on essays written about science
·Prepared and delivered lectures on advanced essay structure,
incorporating sources and applying MLA and APA citation styles
·Experience with Blackboard, LiveText© electronic portfolio, Moodle
·Held office hours to conference with students individually
·Graded all essays and assignments
ENG 101 – English Composition 101, Fall 2010
·Independently taught two sections each semester
·Prepared and delivered lectures on essay structure, expression, grammar,research, and integrating sources
·Assisted students hands-on during class with writing assignments
·Graded all essays and assignments
·Experience with Blackboard, and LiveText© electronic portfolio
·Held office hours to conference with students individually
ENG 090 – Developmental English, Fall/Spring of 2009-2010
·Independently taught two sections each semester
·Prepared and delivered lectures on essay structure, rhetorical modes,
expression, and grammar
·Assisted students hands-on during class with writing assignments
·Graded all essays and assignments
·Held office hours to conference with students individually
Writing Tutor, Write to Excellence Center, McNeese State University, Fall 2009-Spring 2012
·Tutored students one-on-one in the Writing Center
·Aided students who were enrolled in a variety of classes including history,
psychology, chemistry, nursing, engineering, literature, and composition courses
Grammar Tutor, English 090 Lab, McNeese State University, Fall 2009-Spring 2012
·Tutored students individually on pre-assigned exercises and journals
·Aided students with grammarand writing essays in all rhetorical mode
Literature Tutor, Lit Lab, McNeese State University, Fall 2009-Spring 2012
·Served as tutor in lab designed for students enrolled in literature classes
·Aided students in comprehension of class readings and in the composition
of reflection essays and research papers
·Engaged in casual discussions of literary works with students in order to
increase appreciation of literature
Teaching Interests and Competencies
Creative Writing - poetry, fiction
Rhetoric/Composition
Literature - American, British, World
Developmental English
Certification and Further Education
Mastering Online Teaching, D2L Training, Spring 2016
Security Awareness Training, 1 CPE Credit, 2016
TESOL/TESL/TEFL Certification, 100 hours, 2013
Temporary MS teaching license, Praxis I, 2006-2007
Music Business Institute, Music Management/Video/Audio, 1987
Workshops Attended
Poetry Form and Theory with Edward Hirsch, April 2015
Poetry Workshop with Natasha Trethewey, Sigma Tau Delta Conference, March 2012
Poetry Workshop with John Woods, McNeese MFA 30th Anniversary, April 2012
Poetry Conference with Greg Brownderville, February 2012
Poetry Conference with William Trowbridge, October 2011
Poetry Conference with Gary Jackson, February 2011
Poetry Conference with John Wood, October 2010
Poetry Conference with Julie Kane, September 2010
Poetry Conference with Allen Braden, April 2010
Poetry Conference with Darrell Bourque, October 2009
Conferences
New Voices Conference, Georgia State U., Atlanta, GA, Creative Writing: “The Lure of Home Through Landscape and Pastoral Poetry,” February, 2016
SCMLA Conference, Vanderbilt U., Nashville, TN, paper presentation,“Decolonization and Queer Emancipation in Quo-Li Driskell’s Walking with Ghosts” Gay and Lesbian Studies in Language and Literature, October 2015
New Voices Conference, Georgia State U., Atlanta, GA, Death and Humor, Reception Desk, 2015
Louisiana Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture: Media, Technology, and the Imagination, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, March 2012
Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society, Feb./Mar. 2012
NWSA National Women’s Studies Association, served as moderator for Creatures, Spaceships, and Utopia: Feminist Frontiers in Fantasy and Science Fiction panel, Nov 2011
Symposium—Ancestral Memories: A Dialogue, Creative Panel Poetry Presenter, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, June 2011
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, SAMLA, Convention, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Publications
MFA thesis: Furthest, Shocking Star Poetry collection, 73 pages: Department of English and Foreign Languages, McNeese State University, 2012, Committee: Prof. Amy Fleury (chair), Dr. Rita D. Costello, and Dr. Keagan LeJeune
Poetry
“Triptych” in Panoplyzine, Spring 2016 issue
“Dreams from the Strand” in Bird’s Thumb, Spring 2014 issue
“New Life in the 21st Century” and Pursuit of the Other Side” in Sassafras Literary Magazine, Fall 2013
“Songbird” in I-70 Review, Fall 2012
“Along the Gulf” in Rougarou, Spring 2012
“Living by the Sea” in Poets for Living Waters, Fall 2010
“Aubade,” and “Wintering Wood Storks” in Swamp Lily Review, Fall 2011
“Bare” in Georgia State Review, Winter 2004
Essays
“White Walls and Muddy Shoes,” The Polishing Cloth, 1999
Professional Memberships
The Association of Writers and Writers Programs (AWP), August 2009-present
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SCMLA), August 2015-present
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA), July 2011-present
Sigma Tau Delta International Honors Society, 2012-present
Louisiana Press Association, February 2009-2012
Honors, Awards, Service, Committee
Perimeter GSU Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee, Mary Futch Scholarship, Spring 2016
Melodically Challenged—Poetry Radio Show airing on GSUs 88.5 and PRX online.
Shows written and recorded and aired:
Revolutions, Anthems, and Manifestos Show
Nothing But the Blues Show
The Jazz Show
Rebirth Spring Show
Reviewer for the Program Learning Outcomes Assessment, Arts and Sciences Division—Lamar State College, Orange, TX, 2013
Joy Scantlebury Poetry Award—McNeese State University, 2012
Graduate Assistantship—McNeese State University, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Editorial Assistantship, McNeese Review—McNeese State University, 2011-2012
William J. Dorè Writing Fellowship—McNeese State University, 2009-2012
Civic Teaching Award—McNeese State University, 2011
Presidential Assistantship—Georgia State University, 2002-2005
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society—McNeese State University 2011-2012
Golden Key Honor Society—Georgia State University, 2002-2005
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society—Secretary, Georgia Perimeter College, 1999-2002
Voted Best Writer—Georgia Perimeter College’s Student Newspaper The Collegian, 2000
Poetry Out Loud Local Competition (Accuracy Judge) Lake Charles, LA 2011
Poetry Out Loud Local Competition (Judge) Lake Charles, LA 2012
English CLEP Test Grading Panel, McNeese State University, 2010 – 2012
Readings
·Presented by Poetry Atlanta, The Wonder of WillShakespeare’s 400th Birthday Celebration 154 Sonnet Reading at Java Monkey Coffee, Decatur, GA, April, 2016
·Ebrik Coffee, New Voices Conference Creative Writing, reading poetry, February, 2016
·Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor and Apothecary, Reading poetry, Atlanta, GA, December, 2015
·New Voices, Invited to read at New Voices Reading, Taproom Coffee, Atlanta, GA, November, 2015
·Decatur Book Festival, Reading from my poetry collection, October 2015
·MFA Graduate Reading of my poetry, 2012
·Sigma Tau Delta International Honors Society Convention, Creative Panel, Poetry—Natural Occurrences, reading from my poetry Melancholy in Nature, New Orleans, LA, 2012
·Louisiana Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture: Media, Technology, and the Imagination, poetry—Discreet Glissando Suite, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA,2012
·Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana, invited to read my poetry in the First Friday Reading Series,2011
·Symposium—Ancestral Memories: A Dialogue, Creative Panel Poetry Presenter, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, 2011
Graduate Course Work
Georgia State University (36 credit hours so far)
ENG Literary Theory Thomas
ENG Practical Grammar Snow
ENG Form and Theory of Fiction Russell
ENG Contemporary Poetry Gylys
ENG Topics in Writing “Poet in Search of a Soul” Bottoms
ENG 20th Century American British Poetry Craft I Stokesbury
ENG Directed Individual Research Caison
ENG 8850 Southern Lit. Topic Native American Studies Caison
ENG 8020 Poetry Workshop Bottoms
ENG 8020 Poetry Workshop Bottoms
ENG 8020 Poetry Workshop Gylys
ENG 8020 Poetry Workshop Gylys
ENG 8050 Form and Theory Poetry Bottoms
Thesis Hours 3
McNeese State University (69 credit hours)
ENG 513 – Contemporary Poetry
ENG 529 – Twentieth Century Poetry
ENG 519 – Victorian Prose and Poetry
ENG 537 – World Literature I
ENG 528 – Seventeenth Century Prose and Poetry
ENG 601 – Bibliography and Literary Historiography
ENG 671 – Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry (6 sections)
ENG 673 – Form and Theory of Poetry I
ENG 675 – Form and Theory of Fiction I
ENG 674 – Form and Theory of Poetry II
ENG 677 – Seminar in Teaching Freshmen English (2 sections)
ENG 690 – Professional Endeavors
ENG 509 – Special Topics: Science and the Imagination in Eighteenth Century Literature
ENG 502 – Special Topics: Graphic Novel
ENG 699 – Thesis (2 sections)
Other Work Experience
Editorial Assistant, McNeese Review, Lake Charles, LA, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Copy edit and layout of creative literary journal, most notably the switch from a literary to a creative journal
Editor, McNeese State University’s College of Nursing, worked cooperatively with nursing faculty and one other graduate assistant in editing the Associate and Baccalaureate Program’s National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission Self-Study Reports, Lake Charles, LA, Summer 2011
Editor/ Senior Reporter, Times of Southwest Louisiana, Lake Charles, LA, 2009-2011
Edited all copy for bi-weekly magazine which included all articles and ads; Responsible for in-house writers and freelance writer’s submissions per deadline; responsible for final look and layout of magazine in coordination with publisher, client, sales department, and art department; writing articles and interviewing; ensuring that all copy and art printed by deadline
Asst. to Managing Editor: South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Georgia State University, 2002-2005
Copy edited literary journal, data entry, billing, and subscription services
Educator, Kemper County High School, De Kalb, MS, 2006-2007
Taught 12th grade competencies and objectives according to the Mississippi Language Arts Curriculum Framework for English Literature, Communication, Speech, Creative writing – Short story and poetry, faculty advisor for senior class
References
Dr. Ken Johnson, Department Chair, Professor of English, Humanities, Fine Arts, Foreign Languages & Social Science, Alpharetta Center, 3705 Brookside Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30022, Work phone: (678) 240-6048, .
Prof. Amy Fleury, Associate Professor of English, Director, M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing McNeese State University, 4205 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70609, Work phone:
(337) 475-5194, Cell phone: (337) 529-2172,
Dr. Rita D. Costello, Director of Freshman and Sophomore English, Department of English and Foreign Languages, McNeese State University, 4205 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70609, (337) 475-5193,
Dr. Jacob Blevins, Head of Department, Department of English and Foreign Languages, McNeese State University, 4205 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70609,
(337) 475-5325,
Dr. Delma McLeod Porter, Professor of English, Director of the Write To Excellence Center (WTEC), McNeese State University, 4205 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70609, (337) 562-4206/4205
Dr. Keagan LeJeune, Director and Advisor for MA Program, English MA, Foreign Languages Education, English Education Jr./Sr., Department of English and Foreign Languages, McNeese State University, 4205 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70609, (337 )475-5312,
Nancy Correro 1613 Belcourt Parkway, Roswell, GA 30076 678.427.9695